remember john kerry? totally backfired in their face because if they had kicked bush to the curve and let john kerry become president in 2004 john kerry would have inherited the crap storm. and they blew it. >> can you work with me then on an ongoing basis so we can get that behind us. >> well, i think, senator in all fairness, i think we do know what happened. i -- i think that it is very clear -- were you at the briefing with the tapes? >> no. [ laughter ] >> well, there was a briefing with tapes, which we all saw -- those of us who went to it -- [ laughter ] >> which made it crystal clear. we sat for several hours with our intel folks who described to us precisely what we were seeing. we saw all of the events unfold. we had a very complete and detailed description. >> which you missed. >> a tea bagger gets tea bagged. >> stephanie: yeah. >> it makes a difference whether or not the american people have the confidence that the president and the administration is being truthful with them. so i guess my qu